atlanto axial subluxation

Rheumatoid Neck

Epidemiology

 

Neck involved in 86%

- second most common site after hands and feet

- closely associated with MCPJ subluxation

 

Associations

 

Males / Steroid use / Seropositivity Nodules / Severe long standing disease

 

Conditions

 

Atlanto-axial subluxation

Subaxial subluxation

Superior migration ondontoid